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Document 62012TJ0041
LS Fashion v OHMI - Gestión de Activos Isorana (L'Wren Scott)
LS Fashion v OHMI - Gestión de Activos Isorana (L'Wren Scott)
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 27 February 2015 — LS Fashion v OHIM — Gestión de Activos Isorana (L’Wren Scott)
(Case T‑41/12)
‛Community trade mark — Opposition proceedings — Application for Community word mark L’Wren Scott — Earlier national word mark LOREN SCOTT — Relative ground for refusal — Genuine use of the mark — Article 42(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No likelihood of confusion — Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009’
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Community trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Concept (Council Regulation No 207/2009, tenth recital and Art. 42(2) and (3); Commission Regulation No 2868/95, Rule 22(3)) (see paras 18-24, 46) |
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Community trade mark — Observations of third parties and opposition — Examination of the opposition — Proof of use of the earlier mark — Genuine use — Concept — Determination of a quantitative threshold of minimum use — Not included (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 42(2)) (see para. 25) |
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Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Criteria for assessment (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 50-53) |
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Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Relative grounds for refusal — Opposition by the proprietor of an earlier identical or similar mark registered for identical or similar goods or services — Likelihood of confusion with the earlier mark — Word marks L’Wren Scott and LOREN SCOTT (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 8(1)(b)) (see paras 57-79) |
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 November 2011 (Case R 1584/2009-4) concerning opposition proceedings between Gestión de Activos Isorana, SL, and LS Fashion, LLC.
Operative part
The Court:
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Dismisses the application; |
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Orders LS Fashion, LLC to pay the costs. |